‘Six and seven’: What does the latest slang mean (and should parents be worried)? | Youth
name: Six seven.
age: He is less than a year old.
appearance: everywhere.
What does he do? Six seven meaning? You know, just six seven. Six swords!
Is it a symbol? No, it’s six or seven!
Is it a fancy way of saying that someone is six or seven, in a state of disarray or confusion? It’s definitely not that.
Then what does that mean? It’s just something young people say today. Or scream.
Do you mean that it is fashionable to shout two numbers in a row? It’s more than just a fad – it’s an epidemic. Six Seven has become the bane of school teachers everywhere.
Why? Because it’s crazy. Imagine asking your students to turn to page 67, only to have them all shout “Six Seven!” upon you.
No, I mean why would kids do that? They don’t even know why.
It has to come from somewhere. Yes, but I must preface any explanation by saying: It’s a long story and it doesn’t matter.
I’ll be the judge of that. fine. The phrase “six seven”, in its modern sense, appears to originate with Philadelphia rapper Skrilla’s 2024 song Doot Doot (6 7), which is either a reference to the police radio symbol, 67th Street, or something else.
Show. But it really caught on when the song was repeatedly used to record videos for NBA basketball star LaMelo Ball, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall.
Okay, I think I get it. Trust me, you don’t. Somewhere along the line, the phrase acquired an accompanying hand gesture: two upside-down palms that alternately rise and fall, like a scale.
In this case, it may be a reference to something that is not special, for example a Six or a Seven on a scale of one to 10? Nice try, but no. The phrase has become such a phenomenon in the United States that it was the basis of last week’s episode of South Park, which sparked a moral panic.
And now it has arrived in the UK classroom? Apparently it has. Thus ends the story of the six and seven.
You were right. That was long, and it didn’t matter. Not in the least. It’s a little slang that refers only to itself, and doesn’t advertise anything beyond a 13-year-old’s capacity for annoyance and the corresponding desire to flog a dead horse.
What can be done about it? Some teachers have banned it, however Others have incorporated six and seven into their education.
I suppose it will be over soon enough. Adults talk about this, and it really is.
Say: “Open your textbook to page 55, then turn 12 more pages.”
Don’t say: “Skipidi!”